Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the fifties at Old Trafford I watched an England forward stick his fingers into a keeper 's eyes . |
| 2 | Stretching out his arm , and spreading his fingers like a snake 's tongue , Ollokot asked : |
| 3 | Fred tucked his toga between his legs like a baby 's nappy and picked his friend up . |
| 4 | Pain was pulled down over his eyes like a fool 's hat . |
| 5 | All that knew McMurdo agreed that he 'd end his days on a hangman 's rope . |
| 6 | Although he sailed over with King George , as some twenty-five years previously he had accompanied the Prince of Orange on his voyage to claim the crown , he received only an annuity of £400 from the new monarch , was soon deep in debt again , and ended his days in a debtor 's prison . |
| 7 | And wear his colours like a tumbler 's hoop ! |
| 8 | He 'd sought her out in her sanctuary , confirmed her belief with the tender , arousing touch of the perfect lover , and she 'd learned enough from him to return his caresses with a woman 's intimate knowledge of how to pleasure the body of the man she loved . |
| 9 | Their move follows a judge 's protest this week that he could not imprison a 13-year-old torturer who carved his initials on a boy 's back . |
| 10 | He could hear her hairdryer , almost as hard on his nerves as a dentist 's drill ; it had ruined three attempts to get the message down already , but he did n't want to ask her to lay off for a while in case the uneasy peace was threatened yet again . |
| 11 | On three tours with England ‘ A ’ Fletcher has always played his cards within a hair 's breadth of his chest . |